Amazing how the minds of the well-to-do work
I live in a remodeled motel built in the 50s. I like it. But sometimes I wonder.
In the last month, the owner raised the rent $25, the eighth time it has increased since I moved in. The same month, the free laundry with washers and dryers was transformed into a coin-operated laundry. It costs roughly $6 to wash and dry a load of laundry.
The folks who own this complex own two more properties in this city.
None of that is terribly surprising.
But yesterday a box of random groceries appeared on my porch. I thought it was mis-delivered. Today I asked a neighbor if they knew whose it might be.
They told me it was a gift from the owners, trying to help everybody out.
It contains 4 tortillas in a ziploc, with turkey or chicken slices cut into slivers. Two cans of Vienna sausage. Two packs of Ramen noodles. A boxed cake mix. A can of ground pepper. 3 small cans of tuna. All are generic brands.
Well, that will definitely heal the $31 monthly wound to our wallets. NOT driving their Cadillac Escalade around the complex might help even more.
In the last month, the owner raised the rent $25, the eighth time it has increased since I moved in. The same month, the free laundry with washers and dryers was transformed into a coin-operated laundry. It costs roughly $6 to wash and dry a load of laundry.
The folks who own this complex own two more properties in this city.
None of that is terribly surprising.
But yesterday a box of random groceries appeared on my porch. I thought it was mis-delivered. Today I asked a neighbor if they knew whose it might be.
They told me it was a gift from the owners, trying to help everybody out.
It contains 4 tortillas in a ziploc, with turkey or chicken slices cut into slivers. Two cans of Vienna sausage. Two packs of Ramen noodles. A boxed cake mix. A can of ground pepper. 3 small cans of tuna. All are generic brands.
Well, that will definitely heal the $31 monthly wound to our wallets. NOT driving their Cadillac Escalade around the complex might help even more.
